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Aristide wants to return

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former Haitian president who was ousted in a 2004 coup and now lives in exile in South Africa, says he wants to return to his country: ''As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 10:16 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Haiti's Disaster

Swiss Re's Haiti insurance policy

We at FP just got in a, well, somewhat insensitive press email from re-insurance giant Swiss Re. Here's the text: As you already know -- though the earthquake in Haiti is expected to cause significant damage in terms of human lives and economic losses...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 1:02 PM by FP Passport

The latest on Haiti

Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says that more than 100,000 might have died due to the earthquake and its aftershocks, calling the death toll "unimaginable." Emergency services are on the ground and on the way. The United States might...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 11:21 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti as aid trickles in

Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti as aid trickles in Top story: Aid has begun to trickle in, but the situation in most of Haiti remains desperate on the second day following a deadly earthquake. With communications spotty, the death toll is still...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 5:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Clinton cutting Pacific trip short

The State Department has announced that Secretary of State Hillary is cutting short her trip to Asia "due to the devastating earthquake in Haiti and its severe aftermath." Clinton gave a speech on U.S. Asia Policy in Honolulu earlier today and...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 4:08 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Haiti's Disaster

Missing U.N. chief: Haiti was "at a turning point"

Veteran Tunisian Diplomat Hedi Annabi, chief of the U.N. stabilization mission in Haiti, is among those still missing in the wreckage of the U.N. headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Several official sources have reported him dead. The Wall Street Journal'...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 8:39 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Kenyatta scores narrow victory in disputed Kenya election

Kenyatta scores narrow victory in disputed Kenya election Top news: Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted by the International Criminal Court for bankrolling election-related violence in 2007, won a narrow victory in Kenya's presidential election, securing 50...

Published Mon, Mar 11 2013 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Russia expels U.S. diplomat accused of spying

Russia expels U.S. diplomat accused of spying Top news: Russia expelled a low-level U.S. diplomat accused of sprying and trying to recruit a Russian security official as a U.S. agent, but the bizarre circumstances of the arrest have raised questions over...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 5:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

State Department to Cody Wilson: Take your gun blueprints off the Internet

The State Department isn't too happy about Cody Wilson's 3-D printed gun . In a letter to Wilson dated May 8, the department asked the University of Texas law student to take down 10 designs -- including one for the first fully functional 3-D...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 4:20 PM by FP Passport

Bending to popular anger, Putin installs helipad at Kremlin

Vladimir Putin has finally decided to make a concession to his critics. But he isn't exactly bending over backwards. Instead, he's having a helipad installed at the Kremlin. Sure, it may not be the most meaningful reform. But it does cater to...

Published Thu, May 16 2013 3:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

This is, hands down, the scariest part of the NSA revelations

Forget PRISM, the National Security Agency's system to help extract data from Google, Facebook, and the like. The more frightening secret program unearthed by the NSA leaks is the gathering and storing of millions of phone records and phone-location...

Published Mon, Jun 10 2013 4:20 AM by FP Passport

Pippa Middleton is Vanity Fair's newest editor -- but can she write?

Vanity Fair has added yet another high-profile name to its list of contributing editors: Pippa Middleton. Too bad she's much more well-known for her derriere than her writing. Still, wanting to give Pippa, the sister of Kate Middleton, the duchess...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Fun Stuff

Fewer than 2 percent of drone-strike victims in Pakistan are senior al Qaeda leaders

Despite White House assurances that its lethal drone policy merely targets "senior operational leaders " of al Qaeda and its associates, a new McClatchy report finds that the majority of drone targets in Pakistan include a mix of unidentified...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 10:45 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. to deploy missile-defense system to Guam

U.S. to deploy missile-defense system to Guam Top news: The United States will deploy a land-based missile defense system, The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), to Guam in response to recent threats by North Korea, which U.S. Defense...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2013 5:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Kim Jong Un is owning the media right now

Kim Jong Un may be a dangerous, totalitarian man-child, but he knows how to work the press. For the last 30 days, the 30-year-old leader has manipulated global news wires in a way even his late father would envy. In the month of April, web interest in...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2013 8:50 AM by FP Passport

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Aristide wants to return

Swiss Re's Haiti insurance policy

The latest on Haiti

Morning Brief: Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti as aid trickles in

Clinton cutting Pacific trip short

Missing U.N. chief: Haiti was "at a turning point"

Morning Brief: Kenyatta scores narrow victory in disputed Kenya election

Morning Brief: Russia expels U.S. diplomat accused of spying

State Department to Cody Wilson: Take your gun blueprints off the Internet

Bending to popular anger, Putin installs helipad at Kremlin

This is, hands down, the scariest part of the NSA revelations

Pippa Middleton is Vanity Fair's newest editor -- but can she write?

Fewer than 2 percent of drone-strike victims in Pakistan are senior al Qaeda leaders

Morning Brief: U.S. to deploy missile-defense system to Guam

Kim Jong Un is owning the media right now